Calls for US Electoral College out of ‘contempt’ for US law
Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders’ calls for a change in the US Electoral College are made out of the “contempt” the party members have for the rule of law in the United States, an analyst says.
In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Sanders argued that US election is “weird” as the now president elect has over two million less support than his contender.
“We have one candidate who got 2 million more voters than the other candidate, but she is not going to be sworn in as president,” said the senator. “I think on the surface that's a little bit weird.”
The Vermont senator, who ran for president but chose to endorse Clinton after she was nominated ahead of the 2016 vote, also predicted that no “profound” change would be made to the election results after a recount of votes in the key states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, as sought by Green Party nominee Jill Stein.
"No one expects there to be profound change, but there's nothing wrong with going through the process," Sanders said. "I don't think that Hillary Clinton — who got 2 million more voters than Mr. Trump in the popular election — thinks that it's going to transform the election, but do people have a legal right to do it? Yeah, we do.”
According Idaho-based analyst Mark Glenn, Clinton was the “candidate of choice for the establishment,” and “when you hear people like Bernie Sanders or Jill Stein or Senator Barbara Boxer talking about doing away with Electoral College, these are not just harmless noises.”
It proves, he said, how “desperate the entire situation is, and how desperate these people are.“
“It also reveals really just how much contempt they have for the rule of law and for the same US Constitution, to which all of these people swore an oath to defend an protect when they achieved their office.”
Trump and his supporters have been attacking the Clinton campaign over a recount in the three key states, claiming she is in cahoots with Stein.
“We are standing up for an election system that we can trust; for voting systems that respect and encourage our vote, and make it possible for all of us to exercise our constitutional right to vote,” Stein said upon announcing her official request for a recount in America's Dairyland.
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